End of Romance? From Tennessee to North Carolina!
Before former President-elect Gore began to ratchet up his string of accomplishments this year, that started with an Oscar and ended with a Nobel Peace Prize and included a worldwide series of concerns highlighting climate change in between, Donna Brazile, the manager of Gore's 2000 Presidential Campaign, said "I’m dating. I haven’t fallen in love yet" regarding a 2008 bid.
In the months since, horrified by the thought of a Hillary Clinton presidency, thousands of grassroots supporters like me acted to tried to convince him to run again for the Presidency, knowing that he could win again, just like he did last time. We chipped in what we could to run a full page ad in the New York Times last month and run television commercials in key early primary states such as Iowa and New Hampshire. I myself recently volunteered to start collecting signatures to place Al Gore on the ballot for the California Primary.
Well, remember Donna Brazile's comment, unfortunately, it seems like the romance is dead, at least for this year ...
California Draft Gore, the organization heading the effort to place Gore on the primary, received communication from a member of Gore's staff discouraging any efforts to place his name on the primary and subsequently, the group has halted all signature collection and fund raising efforts. This is not the happiest of days, but the Draft Gore movement and its grass roots success will hopefully prod other candidates to take stronger stances on global warming and work with Gore and the private sector to maximize renewable energies.
As for the former Vice-President and President-elect himself, by taking a position in a venture capital firm to promote green technologies, he is obviously trying to tackle climate change from the private sector, where the Supreme Court cannot steal his victories.
Now, who is the next person to get my endorsement for the Presidency? From what I've seen so far in the debates and beyond, I was very impressed with John Edwards and Edwards is my man. Hillary is a disgusting alternative and I really don't see what's so great about Obama, except for the novelty factor that he's black! Obama's main weakness is his inexperience and I think that an Edwards / Obama ticket is the best for the nation at present.
In the months since, horrified by the thought of a Hillary Clinton presidency, thousands of grassroots supporters like me acted to tried to convince him to run again for the Presidency, knowing that he could win again, just like he did last time. We chipped in what we could to run a full page ad in the New York Times last month and run television commercials in key early primary states such as Iowa and New Hampshire. I myself recently volunteered to start collecting signatures to place Al Gore on the ballot for the California Primary.
Well, remember Donna Brazile's comment, unfortunately, it seems like the romance is dead, at least for this year ...
California Draft Gore, the organization heading the effort to place Gore on the primary, received communication from a member of Gore's staff discouraging any efforts to place his name on the primary and subsequently, the group has halted all signature collection and fund raising efforts. This is not the happiest of days, but the Draft Gore movement and its grass roots success will hopefully prod other candidates to take stronger stances on global warming and work with Gore and the private sector to maximize renewable energies.
As for the former Vice-President and President-elect himself, by taking a position in a venture capital firm to promote green technologies, he is obviously trying to tackle climate change from the private sector, where the Supreme Court cannot steal his victories.
Now, who is the next person to get my endorsement for the Presidency? From what I've seen so far in the debates and beyond, I was very impressed with John Edwards and Edwards is my man. Hillary is a disgusting alternative and I really don't see what's so great about Obama, except for the novelty factor that he's black! Obama's main weakness is his inexperience and I think that an Edwards / Obama ticket is the best for the nation at present.
posted by Vivek at 2:15 PM
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